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Gila monster   /gˈilə mˈɑnstər/   Listen
Gila monster

noun
1.
Large orange and black lizard of southwestern United States; not dangerous unless molested.  Synonym: Heloderma suspectum.






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"Gila monster" Quotes from Famous Books



... the corner? He had only to look twice to know. He had seen Gila monsters in Arizona! He had seen a cowpuncher ride into town with one biting his thumb in two. The puncher went crazy later. Yes, he knew a Gila monster when he saw one and this was plain enough; there were the orange and black markings, the wicked head, the beady, evil eyes—and this one was growing! It would soon be as big as a sea-turtle and it was blinking at him with malicious purpose in its ...
— The Lady Doc • Caroline Lockhart

... reptilian. Its body hugged the earth in order to expose as little surface as possible to the enemy's fire; it was mottled like a toad in patches of coloring to add to its low visibility, and there was no more hop in it than in the Gila monster. ...
— My Second Year of the War • Frederick Palmer



Words linked to "Gila monster" :   venomous lizard, Heloderma, genus Heloderma



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